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Do You Review?

Sep 04, 2008

At Terra Sigillata, Abel Pharmboy asks if assistant professors working on getting a shiny tenure dossier together should consider writing review papers, even if the tenure guidelines say review papers are not "original, peer-reviewed research publications." Abel Pharmboy did write reviews as a young professor but doubts they helped him get tenure and he asks if his experience is the norm.

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Pig Organ Transplants Considered

The Wall Street Journal reports that the US Food and Drug Administration may soon allow clinical trials that involve transplanting pig organs into humans.

'Poo-Bank' Proposal

Harvard Medical School researchers suggest people should bank stool samples when they are young to transplant when they later develop age-related diseases.

Spurred to Develop Again

New Scientist reports that researchers may have uncovered why about 60 percent of in vitro fertilization embryos stop developing.

Science Papers Examine Breast Milk Cell Populations, Cerebral Cortex Cellular Diversity, Micronesia Population History

In Science this week: unique cell populations found within breast milk, 100 transcriptionally distinct cell populations uncovered in the cerebral cortex, and more.